Hannah, You can buy sheets of copper and thin enough to cut with scissors. A 'steam rally I often attend has stalls that sell it but If you know of a local scrap-dealer it's worth a look, you never know what else you'll find!

There are some that are embossed on copper. They would last but are expensive. The relatively cheap white plastic ones do fade and become brittle. I have a ceramic tile-cutter so I cut tile-wedges and write on them with a permanent marker pen

I shudder to think how much bagged compost we all buy each year and I ask myself why. I suspect that for every bagful we buy we dispose of a bagful of 'tidyings' .

I would so like to become self-sufficient by making our own and have been trying for years but find it difficult. I'd like to be able to do it like 'Monty' but space and a 'tender' back prevent me. My 4 compost bins soon fill up and take far to long.

Last week I made a 'composter' using a large plastic drum that rotates on a frame. It looks and works well but any advice on how to use it would be much appreciated.

Surely it's a question of scale, if your garden is covered in mole tunnels then you have a good reason to get rid. If like me there's just one then it's really not the end of the world, just add it to the long list of other pests.